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Greens win changes to Respect at Work costs protection

15 November, 2023 - The Greens welcome the introduction of the Australian Human Rights Commission Amendment (Costs Protection) Bill 2023 today, which would impl...

Greens move minute's silence in Senate

15 November, 2023 - MOTION – I give notice that on the next day of sitting, I shall move—That, at the conclusion of formal motions today, the Senate observe a m...

Tasmania’s rental crisis continues to worsen

14 November, 2023 - The 2023 Rental Affordability Index shows Tasmania is in a deepening rental crisis, the Greens say. “This is the system acting exactly as...

Greens write to Education Minister urging him to retract comments on school strikes

14 November, 2023 - Greens Education (Primary and Secondary) spokesperson Senator Penny Allman-Payne, a 30-year public school teacher, today wrote to Education ...

Controversial military exports Bill must not be rushed

14 November, 2023 - Late last Friday night the Albanese Government snuck out an exposure draft for the Defence Trade Controls Amendment Bill 2023 with submissio...

The Greens call on Labor to learn the lessons of Robodebt and halt debt recovery

13 November, 2023 - The Greens welcome the Labor government’s in-principle acceptance of the Robodebt Royal Commission’s recommendations, but once again call on...

Greens call on the South Australian Government to urgently subsidise proven shark deterrent devices

13 November, 2023 - The Greens call on all levels of government, especially the South Australian Government, to do more to help ocean goers reduce the risk of r...

Wide Support for Cannabis Legalisation in Senate Submissions

10 November, 2023 - There is strong support from more than a dozen key stakeholders across the country for the Greens plan to legalise cannabis. The support com...

Guarantees needed in Murray-Darling Basin Plan

10 November, 2023 - Responding to the release of the Senate inquiry report into the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Bill 2023, Senator Hanson-Young, Gree...

Report for the Inquiry of Disability Services and Inclusion Bill tabled. 

9 November, 2023 - The Community Affairs References Committee has today tabled a report on the inquiry into the Disability Services and Inclusion Bill. Th...

Senator Mehreen Faruqi’s statement on Senator Pauline Hanson

9 November, 2023 - “The Senate has rightly forced Senator Hanson to withdraw her unacceptable racist comments and held her to account for once. “This should ...

Greens win Optus Inquiry with public hearings, Senate powers

9 November, 2023 - The Greens have secured a public-facing Senate Inquiry into the significant Optus outage that affected millions on November 8. The Inquiry wi...

Greens welcome High Court’s rejection of indefinite detention

9 November, 2023 - The Greens celebrate the High Court's landmark ruling against indefinite immigration detention, dismantling a two-decade-long bipartisan regi...

School refusal affects two in five families: survey

8 November, 2023 - The Greens say new polling showing that two in five families are experiencing school refusal/school can’t reinforces the need for urgent acti...

Labor abandons environmental agenda in favour for Sea Dumping Bill

8 November, 2023 - The Greens condemn Labor for abandoning its environmental agenda and prioritising the Sea Dumping Amendment Bill – legislation specifically d...